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Michelle Davies combines extensive experience as a trainer with a solid business background as European Director of Training & Development and Internal Comunication in a major multinational IT Consulting firm. A certified MBTI facilitator and experienced Executive Coach, Michelle specializes in the areas of communication, leadership and change management. She graduated in French and German from Oxford University and holds a postgraduate Diploma en Sales Management and Marketing from ICADE business school. Resident in Spain, Michelle trains and coaches in Spanish and English.

Ángeles Delgado's career in training and Human Resources has developed in a number of leading training and consultancy companies. She has specialised in interpersonal development, communication skills and sales training. Over the years she has developed a very practical and participatory methodology, aware of the need for participants to transfer what is learnt in the training room to their place of work. Ángeles has a degree in Law from Complutense University (Madrid) and a Master's in Human Resources.

Elena Font is an experienced HR consultant and trainer who specialises in a range of leadership and management skills, coaching, motivation and Emotional Intelligence. Elena has a degree in Business Administration, Marketing & Public Relations from Queen's University (Belfast), a Master's in HR from CEREM Business School and a Diploma in Emotional Intelligence from the Organizational Development Institute (USA). Elena is of Cuban origin and spent 5 years in the USA and a year in Ireland.

César García-Rincón de Castro has been training business people in interpersonal skills and values for 15 years. In 2000 he won the prestigious Santillana education prize for his work on ethics in the workplace. César is president of the NGO Homo Prosocius, a communication and social skills trainer on MBA and HR courses, a project consultant in social work and an expert in Managing with Values and Prosocial Training (management training through projects linked to voluntary social work). He has a PhD in Sociology and a diploma in Social Work.

Carlos Hernández Fernández has developed his training and consultancy career over more than 10 years in various multinational companies, both in HR departments and in leading consulting firms. Carlos is an expert in communication and in social skills. His background in the theatre and in outdoor training have helped him develop a highly creative style and methodology based on principles of experiential learning. Carlos has a Master's in Human Resources, degrees in Sociology and Journalism and a diploma in Social Work.

Frank Hilton has been working as a trainer and consultant in business communications since 1985 and has trained senior executives from many leading European, American and Asian companies. He is an expert in effective communication and a specialist in presentations, persuasion and negotiation skills. He has also specialised in training senior technical, scientific and administrative executives in sales support. Frank has worked as a consultant to the World Economic Forum and in 2004 became a communications consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Bob Janes is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and LAB Profile Trainer; he holds a post graduate Diploma in psychology and a Master's degree in Organisational Consulting. He combines many years in multi-national business, directing change programmes, with wide and deep experience of personal and organisational consulting. Bob is a powerful and compassionate coach specialising in working with professional people in transition; his clients succeed in making big differences in their lives, resolving problems, achieving goals and dreams.

Lilianna Marciniak has 15 years' experience as a trainer, consultant and coach, working with all levels of management to improve their skills in communication, leadership and sales. She has designed, developed and implemented training projects for financial, automotive, retail and manufacturing industries. Lilianna has an MA from the University of Wroclaw (Poland) and post-graduate qualifications in marketing, organisation and communicaction studies. She trains in Polish and English.

Jane Revell is an acclaimed professional trainer who has worked in more than twenty countries since the early 1970s. She specialises in personal development skills training with a wide curriculum including creativity, stress-management, presentation skills, coaching skills and relationship skills. Jane is an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner, and an INLPTA certified international trainer of NLP, a Certified Trainer of the LAB profile, a Myers-Briggs Assessor and is fully qualified as a stress management, personal fitness and colour and style consultant.

Ken Taylor is a very experienced trainer and facilitator. He has lived for long periods in South East Asia, Scandinavia, Germany and Africa where he worked as a training manager, company director, management consultant and trainer. His long experience means that he is able to adapt both interpersonal and communication skills training to the international business arena. Ken is co-author of “The Vital Link”, an e-learning programme for international business people, and he writes articles on international communication skills in several magazines.

Robin Widdowson has been a communications skills trainer in the international business community for over fifteen years. A trained lawyer, he worked in the legal department of an international pharmaceutical company, and is a graduate of Exeter University (UK) where he studied Law & Sociology. Robin specialises in Legal English - how to deal confidently with commercial legal documentation - for lawyers and non-lawyers. Other areas of expertise include presentations skills, negotiating skills, business writing, and general management development.

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